Soap bars UK: Best eco-friendly soap to use as an alternative to single use plastic bottles
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Single-use plastic bottles are out and soap bars are in, according to reports. As the close of 2018 showed a 3 per cent rise in the number of soap bars being bought, many attributed it to an awareness about single-use plastic shower gel bottles. So, in the spirit of ditching single-use plastic and finding greener alternatives, we have scoured the high street to find some of the best on offer - with the least packaging. Here is our pick of luxury...
The new soap stars that are raising the bar
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Bars of soap are back - and in a big way. Once thought to be old-fashioned, drying and harbourers of germs, we shunned them in favour of shower mousses and liquid soaps. Now, though, we've fallen in love with them all over again. Data from Kantar Worldpanel show that in the year to September 2018, Britons spent £68.3 million on barred soaps. That's up 2.9 per cent on the previous 12 months, confirming market analysis by Mintel in the preceding...
Old fashioned bars are back in vogue: FEMAIL puts the most popular lathers to the test to see which are the REAL soap stars
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A bar of soap? I can’t remember the last time I used one. My bathroom always has a liquid hand wash and lotion by the sink, and the thought of washing my body with anything but shower gel just feels plain wrong. But it turns out that, after decades of being shunned in favour of hand washes and shower gels, the good old-fashioned bar of soap is officially back. Last year, sales rose by 2.9 per cent, with shoppers spending...
BAR SOAP, REUSABLES AND ZERO WASTE: ECO BEAUTY IS HERE TO STAY
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I’ve written at length about single use plastics in the past – and it’s an issue that isn’t going anywhere. The beauty industry produces 120 billion units of packaging per year and by 2050, it’s estimated that there will be 12 billion tonnes of plastic in landfills generated by the cosmetics camp alone, according to research conducted for zero waste week last year. And that fact hasn’t gone unheeded by consumers. Indeed, we’ve been busy voting with our purses and...
Your Hand Soap May Be Poisoning You (And What You Can Do)
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When trying to get their hands extra clean, many people turn to antibacterial hand soaps. Living in Western culture, we’re pretty much conditioned to do it. I mean, it says “antibacterial” right on the label — this is the way to go to remove the most bacteria, right? Actually… that’s not really the case. Plus, the ingredients found in your antibacterial soap may be harming your health and the health of the environment. Even the FDA has gotten on board...